Return from Georgia
18. January 2013 - 16:27
Delegations of the Ecumenical and Serbian Patriarchates arrived together to Constantinople.
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew arranged on 14 January 2013 an audience for the Serbian delegation. On this occasion Serbian Patriarch Irinej visited two significant shrines of the ancient Imperial City – the church of the Most Holy Mother of God -''Pammakaristos'' and the church of the Most Holy Mother of God of Vlacherna.
Liturgy in the Runovic endowment in Prizren
17. January 2013 - 16:08
Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren celebrated on 13 January 2013 the Divine Liturgy in the church of Saint George (XIV century), the endowment of the Runovic family, in Prizren. This small temple is located just behind the Cathedral church of Saint George, within the complex of the Episcopal palace in Prizren, was burned in 2004 pogrom. All frescoes were burned then, and their restoration was finished couple of months ago. The restaurators from Thessaloniki were engaged and they managed to preserve all frescoes which lost their pigment because of the immense heat in the fire.
Christmas holidays in Australia
16. January 2013 - 12:15
Thousands of faithful Serbs celebrated Christmas holidays in churches of the Serbian Orthodox Church throughout Australia and New Zealand.
On Christmas Eve and the feast day of the Holy Fathers, Bishop Irinej of the
Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand celebrated the Hierarchal Divine
Liturgy in the church of Saint Hierodeacon Stephen in Rooty Hill. On Christmas
Eve, His Grace Bishop Irinej celebrated the Holy Liturgy in Sidney’s suburb of
Alexandria.
Nativity Message of His Grace Bishop Mitrophan of Eastern America
8. January 2013 - 12:11
- “But when the fullness of the time had come,
God sent forth His Son, born of a woman,
born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law,
that we might receive the adoption as sons.”
(Gal. 4:4-5)
Dear brothers and sisters,
According to His eternal foreknowledge God determined the time when He will send His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to save us and bless us with every heavenly blessing. And not only this, but to adopt us as sons through Him (Eph. 1:3-5).
Like many generations and generations of Christians over the past two thousand years, you will gather around the icon, the Christmas candle, badnjak, česnica, to celebrate this family holiday. It is our desire that it be done in the most spiritual joy in your homes, but first of all in God's church, in active participation of the services, communing during this fast with the Holy and Divine Mysteries. Only then will you truly celebrate Christmas and experience that unutterable spiritual satisfaction in your hearts, the peace, joy and love of Christ that surpasses all knowledge (Eph. 3:19).
"Struggle for the faith"
16. January 2013 - 9:47
A group of priests from Cacak, in their disagreement with the regulations of the Church and the spiritual authority of the leadership in the Church, have formed an electronic forum known as “Borba za veru” (“Struggle for the faith”), so that by means of this site they might allow the public to know of their opposition to the Serbian Church. Here we must instantly cite the words of the Apostle Paul from Holy Scripture which are compulsory to all, which state: “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves” (Rom. 13:1-2). This was said during the time of pagan rule. It was meant directly for the governing rulers, and all the more to the spiritual, church rulers. What rulers are these? The Church is, by succession from Christ our Lord, apostolic. And by its conformation, through the Apostles, it is episcopal, under the leadership of the bishops.
